Crash Course: Will pro-choice protesters attack Catholic churches? The right seems to think so

Little-known pro-choice group defends its plan to "interrupt Mass" while right-wing media charges "terrorism" Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpicUH0eGKOVHf6Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Will pro-choice protesters attack Catholic churches? The right seems to think so After the Supreme Court draft opinion leak this past week that suggested the imminent reversal of Roe v. Wade, conservatives responded with a variety of attempts to change the narrative. They insisted that the real issue was about [who had leaked](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMDQvYW50aS1hYm9ydGlvbi16ZWFsb3RzLXRhcmdldC1zb3RvbWF5b3ItYWlkZS1hcy1zb3VyY2Utb2YtbGVhay10aGVpci1hcmUtbm8tam9rZS9XA3NwY0IKYnFB9HhijlR3-lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) the document, claimed that the decision wouldn't really [change anything](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9tb2JpbGUudHdpdHRlci5jb20vbWF0dHlnbGVzaWFzL3N0YXR1cy8xNTIxNTUzODI1MzE1ODkzMjUwVwNzcGNCCmJxQfR4Yo5Ud_pSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~), and derided progressives' worries about [which precedent](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0RmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMDUvbGlmZS1hZnRlci1yb2UtYXJlLWFscmVhZHktdGFyZ2V0aW5nLXRoZS1yaWdodC10by1hLXB1YmxpYy1lZHVjYXRpb24vVwNzcGNCCmJxQfR4Yo5Ud_pSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) [would fall](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXptaXJyb3IuY29tL2Jsb2cvZ29wLXNlbmF0ZS1jYW5kaWRhdGUtYmxha2UtbWFzdGVycy13YW50cy10by1hbGxvdy1zdGF0ZXMtdG8tYmFuLWNvbnRyYWNlcHRpb24tdXNlL1cDc3BjQgpicUH0eGKOVHf6Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) [next](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0RWaHR0cHM6Ly9qZXplYmVsLmNvbS9mb3JtZXItbmF0aW9uYWwtcmV2aWV3LWVkaXRvci1jYWxscy1mb3Itc3VwcmVtZS1jb3VydC10LTE4NDg4Nzk2ODVXA3NwY0IKYnFB9HhijlR3-lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) as hysterical. But on Thursday, the right was able to shift into a more comfortable gear, by claiming that they're actually the ones under attack. [Read the rest from Kathryn Joyce](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0RfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDUvMDgvd2lsbC1wcm8tY2hvaWNlLWNhdGhvbGljLWNodXJjaGVzLXRoZS1yaWdodC1zZWVtcy10by10aGluay1zby9XA3NwY0IKYnFB9HhijlR3-lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images/Nenov) The parasites inside my mother were both real and spiritual A couple of weeks after giving birth to me, Dad heard Mom scream from behind the closed bathroom door. She kept screaming. He found her sobbing, pointing at the toilet. I bet he gasped when he saw it and that his reaction made Mom cry harder. Using two big serving spoons, he fished out of the toilet a giant [roundworm](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0RcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvYS1uZW1hdG9kZS1zcGVjaWVzLWRpc2NvdmVyZWQtaW4tbGFrZS1tb25vLWhhcy10aHJlZS1zZXhlcy9XA3NwY0IKYnFB9HhijlR3-lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) parasite. It was a few feet long. They put it in a quart-size zip lock bag so they could bring it to the doctor. 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Based solely on their tongue-twister of a name — the full spelling is "per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances" — you might think that they are rare. Yet PFAS can be found absolutely everywhere: Your [non-stick cookware](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMTgvMDIvMDQvdGhlLWNoZW1pY2FsLWluZHVzdHJ5LWRvZXNudC13YW50LXlvdS10by1iZS1hZnJhaWQtb2YtdGVmbG9uLXBhbnMteW91LXNob3VsZC1iZS9XA3NwY0IKYnFB9HhijlR3-lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), your fast food wrappers, your paper packages, your furniture and carpets and rugs. [Teflon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkW3lBP0Q-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZXdnLm9yZy9hcmVhcy1mb2N1cy90b3hpYy1jaGVtaWNhbHMvcGZhcy1jaGVtaWNhbHNXA3NwY0IKYnFB9HhijlR3-lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) is perhaps the most famous of the PFAS chemicals, but if it was the only prevalent one out there, the chances are that we would not live in a world where 99 percent of Americans have PFAS in their blood. 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